Document, 1785 November 17
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- Title
- Document, 1785 November 17
- Library Location
- Name
- Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734-1802 (Author)
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- 1785 November 17
- Physical Description
- 0 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- To aid commerce between France and the United States, Calonne has proposed to the king that the produce of American fisheries be subject to the same duties as those paid by the inhabitants of the Hansa towns until January 1, 1787. His proposal was approved. According to Julian P. Boyd, Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol.IX, p. 139, enclosed in: 2 January 1786, Jefferson to John Jay. Extract (in French).
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.11991